Helpful guides to story structure

I’ve been groping around for a few brilliant articles on story structure. Narrative structure is something writers either understand intuitively or find utterly opaque. I’d like to be able to point to some excellent primers when I need to, but they’re not that easy to find online.

If a writer has a blind spot when it comes to structuring a narrative, then recommending the best books on the topic isn’t a good idea. Better to suggest a few simple concepts and hope to inspire further investigation.